Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
1,031 
1,329 
1,419 
1,340 
1,458 
2,563 
percent 
8.4 
10.8 
11.6 
10.9 
11.9 
20.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
133,919 
129,849 
97,704 
74,714 
60,012 
91,262 
Average size of farm 
acres 
130 
98 
69 
56 
41 
36 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1,031 
1,329 
1,419 
1,340 
1,458 
2,563 
$1,000 
37,968 
21,289 
10,106 
4,745 
2,433 
428 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,826 
16,019 
7,122 
3,541 
1,669 
167 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
2,563 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,458 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
1,340 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
1,419 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
1,329 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,031 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Total sales 
farms 
1,031 
1,329 
1,419 
1,340 
1,458 
2,563 
$1,000 
35,804 
18,966 
8,343 
3,349 
1,577 
307 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
653 
455 
286 
124 
65 
17 
$1,000 
18,014 
5,666 
1,602 
341 
92 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
474 
255 
188 
64 
41 
15 
$1,000 
7,597 
2,110 
941 
149 
60 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
278 
119 
57 
18 
7 
- 
$1,000 
2,850 
920 
229 
46 
12 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
398 
210 
70 
34 
8 
- 
$1,000 
6,877 
2,276 
319 
97 
10 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
4 
20 
5 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
18 
127 
24 
11 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
96 
39 
23 
11 
2 
2 
$1,000 
602 
193 
72 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
39 
23 
18 
7 
9 
3 
$1,000 
71 
40 
17 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
14 
5 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
310 
69 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
134 
116 
102 
50 
30 
16 
$1,000 
2,764 
1,230 
533 
138 
34 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
57 
80 
72 
48 
45 
15 
$1,000 
562 
620 
347 
143 
59 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
20 
49 
48 
40 
30 
4 
$1,000 
489 
451 
276 
115 
36 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
43 
47 
26 
12 
21 
11 
$1,000 
73 
168 
71 
28 
23 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
95 
88 
48 
28 
20 
6 
$1,000 
1,889 
1,010 
268 
61 
32 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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